Patna: Patna zonal office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a supplementary chargesheet before the Special Court (PMLA) here, seeking conviction of a person and a trust involved in a money laundering case related to Amit Kumar alias Bachcha Rai & others. Bachcha Rai is a key figure in the 2016 Bihar Intermediate toppers’ scam, the ED said on Tuesday.The toppers’ scam came to light in May 2016, when the Bihar School Examination Board‘s (BSEB) arts topper Ruby Rai, during an interview by a television channel, pronounced political science as ‘prodigal science’ and described it as a subject related to cooking.“The accused people, against whom supplementary chargesheet were filed, include Saiyad Mahatab Alam, secretary of Vishun Rajdeo Teachers Training College (VRTT) and Vishun Roy Memorial Educational & Welfare Trust through its trustee Amit Kumar alias Bachcha Rai. The court has taken cognizance of the supplementary chargesheet,” the ED said.The ED’s Patna office had conducted searches at four locations on Dec 9, 2023, wherein huge cash of Rs2.78 crore was seized from premises connected to accused Baccha. Thereafter, this information was shared with the Bihar Police and consequent to that, a fresh FIR No. 88/2025 was registered by the Bhagwanpur police station in Vaishali district against Bachcha under various sections of the BNS, 2023 concerning accusations of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy. “It was alleged in the FIR that Bachcha and officers/staff of the VRTT College, in criminal conspiracy with each other, illegally misappropriated funds, which is a cognizable offence,” the ED.During investigation, ED has uncovered a major racket where, under the garb of providing legitimate education through the VRTT College, BEd, MEd and DlEd degrees were being provided by accused persons without conducting any classes and charging huge amounts to provide such fraudulent degrees.“Investigation has revealed that proceeds of crime amounting to Rs9.34 crore has been collected by the VRTT College, run fraudulently by Bachcha in connivance with secretary of VRTT College-Saiyad Mahatab Alam. In this case, ED on March 31, 2018, provisionally attached properties valued at Rs4.52 crore, the ED said.